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2019

How Best To Snag And Destroy Bedbugs? NPR 2019

Summer is a time of travel and fun. But with every bed an exhausted traveler falls into after a day of sightseeing, the chances of bringing home an unwanted bug increase.Bedbugs don’t fly or...

Pestec Jul 9, 2019

Pestec Adopts ContraPest For Rat Control Pest Management Professional Magazine 2019

San Francisco, Calif.-based Pestec added SenesTech Inc.’s ContraPest solution to its integrated pest management program for use in popular locations within the San Francisco Bay area. SenesTech ...

Pestec May 13, 2019

Pestec Expands ContraPest® In California To Serve The Bay Area Senestech 2019

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — SenesTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNES), a developer of proprietary technologies for managing animal pest populations through fertility control, announced tod...

Pestec May 1, 2019

2017

How IPM Helps Beat Bed Bugs In Multi-Family Housing Pest Management Professional 2017

   Luis Agurto Jr., president of San Francisco-based Pestec, and his team work with like-minded partners that take the principles of integrated pest management (IPM) serio...

Pestec Jun 7, 2017

Rat Complaints In San Francisco Have Surged Over The Past Five Years SF Gate 2017

A rat race of sorts is happening in San Francisco, where rodent complaints have surged in the past five years.Since 2012, San Franciscans have steadily reported more rat sightings to 311, San Fran...

Pestec Sep 25, 2017

These Colorful Dots Are For Your Health KQED 2017

You know when you first notice something, and then you can’t ever “unnotice” it? A year ago that happened to Zak Brazen when he noticed a pattern in several local communities. He ask...

Pestec Apr 6, 2017

2015

Affinities: The Buzz Killers SF Magazine 2015

 San Francisco’s Mosquito Abatement Courier team—otherwise known as MAC—is not your typical bike gang. Clad in neon vests and Chrome shorts, toting panniers packed with ...

Pestec Sep 1, 2015

Award-Winning Pest Management Company Turns To Burrtec Solutions Burrtec USA 2019

Pestec is a second-generation family owned and operated pest management company, which was started by my father in 1985. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR CUSTOMER SUPPORT? LET’S START OFF ...

Pestec Jan 1, 2015

New UC IPM Online Course Helps Schools And Child Care Centers Follow The Healthy Schools Act University Of California IPM 2015

Author: Cheryl ReynoldsAuthor: Andrew Mason SutherlandAuthor: Tunyalee A. MartinCalifornia requires that pest control companies providing services in schools and licensed child care center...

Pestec Aug 1, 2015

2014

That We Might Be Protected From Predators SF Gate 2014

Kristopher Brown, who you might see pedaling around San Francisco from mid-February to the end of October, has worked for Pestec for about four years, since he came to the city. If you want to know ab...

Pestec Mar 13, 2014

2012

Accidental Curb Art Of The Day: Mosquito Abatement Paint Dots Bloomberg CityLab 2012

San Francisco-based designer Nick Foster noticed something unusual right next to his city’s storm drains — paint dots.Posted on his blog, this 40-image montage of sidewalk shots showca...

Pestec Aug 29, 2012

2011

How Dotspotting Began With Colored Dots On Drains In San Francisco MediaShift 2011

In some ways you could say that the Dotspotting project started with San Francisco’s sewage and drain system. A few years ago I started noticing some strange dot markings on the curbs of city si...

Pestec Mar 15, 2011

2010

Richmond Confidential Coming To A Bed Near You Richmond Confidential 2010

Halloween is over, but that doesn’t mean blood-sucking creatures that come out at night should be forgotten. Bedbugs are everywhere–from luxury hotels to movie theaters to dorm rooms&ndash...

Pestec Nov 5, 2010

2009

Invasion Of The Bed Bugs 48hills 2009

Pub date September 16, 2009Writer John EastlandSection News & OpinionIssue Volume 42 Number 51 Issue Volume 43 Number 51 news@sfbg.comEditor’s Note: The writer has pen...

Pestec Sep 16, 2009

S.F.’S Bed Bug Battle A War Without End SF Gate 2009

When she and her husband moved into an upscale apartment in an “emerging” neighborhood near Civic Center, Katie Beckheyer may have had some concerns about crime, gritty streets and panhand...

Pestec May 2, 2009

2008

IPM Innovators – 2008 Award Winners California Department Of Pesticide Regulation 2008

 The 2008 IPM Innovators AwardsBack to IPM Innovator Award Winners PageThe 2008 Awardees are: FreshSense, Fresno CountyFreshSense is building the market for sustainab...

Pestec Feb 1, 2008

Pestec Receives Prestigious IPM Innovator Award From California Department Of Pesticide Regulation EcoWise 2008

 Pestec Receives Prestigious IPM Innovator Award from California Department of Pesticide Regulation EcoWise Certified Service Provider Pestec was honored with a 2008 IPM Inno...

Pestec Aug 1, 2008

Who You Gonna Call? An Exterminator Dumps The Chemicals And Gets Creative Utne Reader 2008

Who You Gonna Call?An exterminator dumps the chemicals and gets creativeby Laura Wright, from OnEarth| January / February 2008Using a stethoscope in a hospital is not a strange thing t...

Pestec Jan 26, 2008

2007

Bedbugs Bounce Back: Outbreaks In All 50 States SF Gate 2007

Walter has stopped hugging his friends. He is throwing out his clothes and furniture, and he rarely comes out of his Tenderloin hotel room anymore.He’s not suicidal, but darn near. He has be...

Pestec Apr 8, 2007

Company Attacks Pests With Green Techniques NPR 2007

Methods utilized to get rid of pests can be scarier than the actual pests themselves.In San Francisco, however, that’s changing. Instead of toxic sprays, one pest control company employs dog...

Pestec Nov 15, 2007